{"id":8627,"date":"2024-07-14T18:50:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T01:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=8627"},"modified":"2024-08-07T18:54:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T01:54:18","slug":"ross-twedt-free-and-equal-debate-2-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2024\/07\/ross-twedt-free-and-equal-debate-2-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Transhumanist Party Candidates Tom Ross and Daniel Twedt Respond to Free and Equal Debate #2 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6078 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/transhuman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tom Ross<br \/>\nDaniel Twedt<br \/>\nGennady Stolyarov II<br \/>\nArt Ramon Garcia, Jr.<br \/>\nJason Geringer<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transhumanist Party Candidates Tom Ross &amp; Daniel Twedt Respond to Free &amp; Equal Debate #2 Questions\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6dQjJ_QPn0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, July 14, 2024, the U.S. Transhumanist Party 2024 U.S. Presidential Candidate Tom Ross and U.S. Vice-Presidential Candidate Daniel Twedt responded to the questions posed during the Free and Equal Elections Foundation Presidential Debate #2, which was held on July 12, 2024, at FreedomFest in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The Ross-Twedt ticket received the same questions as posed to Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party), Jill Stein (Green Party), and Randall Terry (Constitution Party), and had the opportunity to express their positions and respond to the other candidates\u2019 comments. Afterward, the panelists and audience provided feedback on the Free and Equal Debate and the Ross-Twedt responses.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Watch the July 12, 2024, Free and Equal Debate #2, held at FreedomFest in Las Vegas: <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v56o6np-free-and-equal-presidential-debate-at-freedomfest-2024.html\">https:\/\/rumble.com\/v56o6np-free-and-equal-presidential-debate-at-freedomfest-2024.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timestamps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=323s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">5:23<\/a> &#8211; Tom Ross\u2019s opening statement<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=477s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">7:57<\/a> &#8211; Daniel Twedt\u2019s Opening Statement<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=645s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">10:45<\/a> &#8211; Question 1<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=857s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">14:17<\/a> &#8211; Question 2<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=1268s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">21:08<\/a> &#8211; Question 3<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=1686s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">28:06<\/a> &#8211; Question 4<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=1921s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">32:01<\/a> &#8211; Question 5<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=2205s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">36:45<\/a> &#8211; Question 6<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=2449s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">40:49<\/a> &#8211; Question 7<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=2831s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">47:11<\/a> &#8211; Question 8<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=3104s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">51:44<\/a> &#8211; Question 9<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=3210s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">53:30<\/a> &#8211; Question 10<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=3318s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">55:18<\/a> &#8211; Question 11<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=3477s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">57:57<\/a> &#8211; Question 12<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=3674s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:01:14<\/a> &#8211; Question 13<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=3865s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:04:25<\/a> &#8211; Tom Ross\u2019s Closing Statement<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=3960s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:06:00<\/a> &#8211; Daniel Twedt\u2019s Closing Statement<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=4151s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:09:11<\/a> &#8211; Tom Ross&#8217;s and Daniel Twedt&#8217;s feedback regarding the candidates at the July 12 debate<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=4668s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:17:48<\/a> &#8211; How Daniel Twedt and Tom Ross would address the Economic Singularity<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=4836s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:20:36<\/a> &#8211; How to reduce the fear of transhumanism<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=5165s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:26:05<\/a> &#8211; The best way AI can mature<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=5388s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:29:48<\/a> &#8211; How transhumanists can build bridges with the religious<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=5768s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:36:08<\/a> &#8211; How transhumanists can build bridges with other belief systems<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=6083s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:41:23<\/a> &#8211; How the future could be bright<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dQjJ_QPn0o&amp;t=6804s\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1:53:24<\/a> &#8211; Closing thoughts<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Tom Ross \/ Daniel Twedt 2024 Presidential Campaign, visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party\u2019s Candidates page, recently updated with additional resources, interviews, and campaign videos: <a href=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/candidate-profiles\/\">https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/candidate-profiles\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit Tom Ross\u2019s campaign website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomross.com\/2024.html.\">https:\/\/tomross.com\/2024.html.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: <a href=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/membership\/\">https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/membership\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"odysee-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; 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